Physeal Fracture (Subscribe)  

Unsupervised weight-lifting is dangerous and is prohibited at schools and sports clubs. This report describes the case of a thirteen year old boy who, after sustaining bilateral fracture-separations of the distal radial epiphyses during weight-lifting, suffered a fracture of the distal tibial epiphysis in a football injury a fortnight later.
Bilateral fracture-separations...

PURPOSE: To establish a consensus regarding immobilisation of the wrist following reduction of Barton's and paediatric distal radial fractures. METHODS: Questionnaires were distributed to orthopaedic surgeons at the European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology meeting in Lisbon in 2005. Questions included the surgeon's country of practice, hospital,...

BACKGROUND: Factors predicting redisplacement in the cast and early complications in distal radial physeal injuries have not been analyzed before. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We analyzed 109 consecutive children with displaced physeal fractures of the distal radius treated by manipulation under anesthesia RESULTS: Acute carpal tunnel syndrome developed in 2 patients....

Distal radial fractures are common in children. Recent outcome studies have cast doubt on the success of treatment by closed reduction and application of plaster. The most important risk factor for poor outcome is translation of the fracture. If a distal radial fracture is displaced by more than half the...

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